Meet the Experts
David Cooke, MD
Dr. Cooke is in private practice in St. Joseph, Michigan at Great Lakes Eye Care with a special interest in glaucoma and anterior segment. He received his undergraduate and medical school degrees from the University of Michigan and did his ophthalmology residency at Mayo Clinic. He is a member of the IOL Power Club. His son, Tim, and he have co-authored the K6 IOL power formula, which is found on the ESCRS website and CookeFormula.com.
Mitchell Dul, OD
Dr. Dul is a Professor in the Department of Biologic and Vision Sciences at the State University of New York, College of Optometry. He is a board-certified optometrist with 39 years of clinical experience, including 10 years in a hospital-based network and 24 years of clinical and translational research in an academic setting in New York City. His primarily research focus is the development and application of psychophysical models to explore the influence of conditions of the eye on the relationship between physiological structure and visual function. Additionally, he contributes to reference database assessment and development for ocular coherence tomography (OCT), serving as principal investigator for 20 studies over the past 10 years.
He is a Fellow in the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, the American Academy of Optometry, and the National Academies of Practice. He is a recipient of the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Education from the State University of New York
Doug Koch, MD
Dr. Koch is professor of ophthalmology and the Allen, Mosbacher, and Law Chair in ophthalmology at The Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine. His clinical and research interests are in cataract and refractive surgery. He has taught over 250 residents and fellows, authored over 200 articles and book chapters, and given 33 named lectures, including the Jackson Memorial Lecture and the Kelman Innovators Lecture. He is editor emeritus of the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and past president of the American Ophthalmological Society, ASCRS, and the International Intraocular Implant Club.
Li Wang, MD, PhD
Dr. Li Wang is Professor of Ophthalmology at the Cullen Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine. She received her MD from Shanxi Medical College, Shanxi Province, P.R. China, and her PhD from Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat, Heidelberg, Germany.
Her research interests focus on refractive surgery, cataract surgery, intraocular lens power calculations, optics, and diagnostic devices. She is the author of over 150 peer-reviewed papers in international and national journals and 57 book chapters. She has more than 180 studies presented at international and national meetings. She serves as Chief Editor of Ophthalmology Research: An International Journal, Associate Editor of Open Access Journal of Ophthalmology, and editorial board member of Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Journal of Refractive Surgery, and Journal of Ocular Biology. She is an elected member of the prestigious International Intra-Ocular Implant Club, and the Chair of IOL Calculation Subcommittee, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.
Mitchell Weikert, MD, MS
Mitchell P. Weikert, M.D., M.S. is a Professor at the Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine. Prior to pursuing a career in medicine, Dr. Weikert received degrees in both electrical and biomedical engineering and worked as a design engineer in the petroleum industry. He obtained his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine, where he graduated with honors. During his ophthalmology residency, completed at the Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, he served as Chief Resident during his final year of training. He completed his fellowship in cornea, cataract, and refractive surgery at the University of Utah School of Medicine’s John. A. Moran Eye Center.
Dr. Weikert served as the Residency Program Director at Baylor from 2012 to 2023 and the Medical Director of the Lions Eye Bank of Texas from 2010 to 2016. His research interests include biometry, intraocular lens calculations, biomedical optics, and anterior segment imaging. He has authored 90 peer-reviewed articles and 23 book chapters, and has edited 3 textbooks. He is a recipient of the Baylor College of Medicine Distinguished Alumnus and Rising Star Awards, the University of Utah Moran Eye Center’s Distinguished Alumnus Award, the AAO Secretariat, Achievement, and Senior Achievement Awards, the ASCRS Educator Award, the AAO Charles D. Kelman Lectureship, and the ASCRS Binkhorst medal, and was recently recognized by Newsweek as one of America’s top 200 ophthalmologists.
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